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This felt like a fun Flair title defense against an unworthy challenger. Loved Gilbert's little comeback with the dropkick and some nice fire. Flair was Flair and wins with the figure four. ** 1/4

Ear work is something you don't get to see enough. Colon just wears Abby out for the first part of the match, a really long shine segment where I keep expecting a cheap shot by Abby to start the heat sequence, but it keeps getting delayed. An actual kick gets Abby the control, not any cheating. That really surprised me. It's PR and Abby, so of course blood. Abby's control segment with low bloods, strikes and lots of evil laughing is great. Colon really has a nice fired up comeback which includes a cartwheel! Second brawl on the outside and Abby takes the control back including a battering ram into the ringpost. Freaking great and now Colon is bleeding. Double juice! Is this the most PR match ever? I love them going toe to toe all wobbly back in the ring. Abby's kicks are great. There is a freaking fight in the crowd too. What the hell? Brawling some more and the referee stopped the match due to blood. A little slow at times, but a damn fine wrestling match. *** 1/2 Post match has more crowd brawling! This is PR baby!

Holy shit, did not see a Hawk mega push coming!

YES WALTMAN! Huge fan of his and this was similar to his X-Pac return in 98 promo that was so great.

My set came today!!

Yeah, that would be a good role too. ROH is kind of becoming a shame to me. Would love to watch more Castle, but don't care AT ALL about ROH so I'm not really seeing him much (except the live shows in Toronto). It's like Cherry Bomb in TNA, where I don't see her except live and other favourites in promotions I don't care about.

He is their hottest act and should be worth a try? If it doesn't work, as you said he's bullet proof and you can get the belt off of him? What's the harm on attempting to put the belt on their biggest star? Ok, even if they don't put the belt on him, they should build the show more around him. This year on PPV: 14th Anniversary: Lost to Goto in a middle card match. Global Wars: won a four way match in a bottom card match to get a tv title shot Best in the World: Lost his TV Title shot against Bobby Fish in an upper card match. DBD: Lost to Okada Field of Honour: Lost to Kushida in a bottom card match. ASE: not on the show (as of yet) That does not look like the record or a great use of someone who could be their top star.

Why would this not work with Dalton Castle?

ROH needs a new booker then! Hogan is another guy who was on top with personal feuds that were also about the belt.

That's the finals of the real life tournament! We'll have to wait and see though.

Loved it, btw. Left comments. Put up tomorrow's FMW show early (well probably about right for a Japan show), due to busyness tomorrow. One night left in the Round Robin section of the tournament!

Stone Cold didn't have a problem having personal feuds with the title, nor did Flair. That seems like ROH has shitty bookers if you can't keep him unique with the title.

FMW Grand Slam, Night 8 September 23, 1995 in Nakamura, Kochi, Japan Nakamura Sports Center FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Masato Tanaka [8] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [2] Shinzaki already defeated Hayabusa, so was confident coming into this contest. These two battled with Tanaka almost gaining the win with a Fire Thunder Bomb and a Roaring Elbow, but both times Shinzaki's leg was close enough to the ropes to break the count. Tanaka and Shinzaki battled on the top turnbuckle which ended with Tanaka hitting a superplex, but Shinzaki hooked the leg for the surprise win. Koji Nakagawa & Daisuke Ikeda vs. Damian 666 & W*ING Kanemaru Nakagawa made Damian submit to the Sharpshooter in a match featured a variety of styles of wrestling. La Parka vs. Horace Boulder Unlike previous Parka matches this was more brawling. Parka picks up the win with a moonsault onto a chair. Hisakatsu Oya, Ricky Fuji, Hanzo Nakajima, & Katsutoshi Niiyama vs. The Headhunters, Yuji Yasaroaka, & Mitsuharu Matsunaga A crazy brawl mixed in with some great high flying by Nakajima and Yasaroaka. Matsunaga got the pin with a piledriver on Fuji, after both Headhunters gave him moonsaults. Megumi Kudo, Combat Toyoda, & Chigusa Nagayo vs. Monster Ripper, Shark Tsuchiya, & Crusher Maedomori A fun and action packed match that saw Ripper pin Kudo, after Nagayo accidentally lariated Kudo. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Terry Funk [6] vs. Big Boss Man [4] Terry Funk was with Super Leather again, but this time Boss Man brought Hayabusa with him. Hayabusa was limping around, but managed to stop Super Leather from interfering. This lead to Boss Man and Terry Funk having an intense contest in the ring without interference and weapons, as neither wanted to go to ringside and get ambushed. The finish came when Super Leather tried to hand Funk a branding iron, but Hayabusa chased him around the ring. Leather dived into the ring to get out of the way and was hit with a Boss Man Slam. With Boss Man distracted, Funk nailed him with the branding iron and then hit a Piledriver for the win. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu [6] vs. The Gladiator [8] These two men killed each other in this match, breaking 11 tables in total with numerous Sabu dives and Awesome Bombs and Splashes. The finish came when Sabu went for a Super Frankensteiner, but Gladiator countered it into a Super Awesome Bomb onto a pile of chairs in the middle of the ring. With this victory, Gladiator has earned himself a spot in the finals. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. The Gladiator [10] 2. Hayabusa [8] 2. Masato Tanaka [8] 2. Terry Funk [8] 5. Sabu [6] 6. Big Boss Man [4] 6. Jinsei Shinzaki [4] 8. Mr. Gannosuke [0] The final four matches of the Grand Slam Tournament, scheduled for 9/24, are: Sabu [6] vs. Haybusa [8] Mr. Gannosuke [0] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [4] Terry Funk [8] vs. Masato Tanaka [8] The Gladiator [10] vs. Big Boss Man [4] The Gladiator is in the finals and at this point he could be facing Sabu, Hayabusa, Terry Funk, or Masato Tanaka. If there are more than two people tied for the most points, a mini one night tournament will take place.

That's a pretty great observation and really something to think about. What would happen if, say, Dalton Castle was given the World Title at Final Battle this year?

Dalton should be in the main event programs and have the company built around him. He is the most popular person they have, and even when they have him lose it's not hurting him yet. A guy like that gives you two options. Keep him where he is, because he's not going to be hurt by whatever or to strap a rocket on him and go with it and maybe make the product more popular. Dalton is someone the company could build around, yet the shows are built around what?

I strangely really want to see Hogan-Hiro Saito.

The fact Dalton Castle is not their biggest star shows how clueless this company is.

Seriously this is freaking art. I wish more people were reading this. Man you should put this on wordpress in a blog or something too, it's freaking great.

Can Steve Doll & Rex King enter the tournament or The Headhunters or is this tournament only for the great names of the Midwest?

What about the fun WCW run in 97 too?

Oh man no finish to the loser never teams match, but with a Public Enemy debut??? I forgot you had them!! Fuller as the man in SMW is great too. Can't wait for this to continue.

Updated.

Predictions?

Two nights left of the tournament with: 9/23 FMW Grand Slam, Night 8 @ Nakamura Sports Center in Nakamura, Kochi, Japan *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Masato Tanaka (8) vs Jinsei Shinzaki (2) *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Terry Funk (6) vs Big Boss Man (4) *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu (6) vs The Gladiator (8) 9/24 FMW Grand Slam, Night 9 @ Hachioji Civic Hall in Tokyo, Japan *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Sabu (6) vs Hayabusa (8) *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Mr. Gannosuke (0) vs Jinsei Shinzaki (2) *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Terry Funk (6) vs Masato Tanaka (8) *FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: The Gladiator (8) vs Big Boss Man (4) The finals will take place at: 9/26 FMW Grand Slam, Night 10 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament Finals Also announced for this show is: WWF World Women's Champion Monster Ripper vs Chigusa Nagayo FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champions Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya vs The Headhunters FMW Independent Women's & WWA Women's Champion Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda

FMW Grand Slam, Night 7 September 21, 1995 in Saijo, Ehima, Japan Saijo City Gym FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Hayabusa [8] vs. Jinsei Shinzaki [0] Hayabusa tried to end this early after a pre-match handshake, due to his badly injured knee. Shinzaki did fend off the initial attack and made his comeback. This was more a short sprint. Shinzaki picked up the win after hitting the Praying Power Bomb. Daisuke Ikeda vs. Horace Boulder Another Shoot Style vs Death Style, but this time Shoot Style came out on top with a submission victory for Ikeda. Bring Your Own Weapon's Battle Royal: Featuring: Megumi Kudo, Takako Inoue, Combat Toyoda, Maymi Ozaki, Crusher Maedomori, Shark Tsuchiya, Miwa Sato, Chigusa Nagayo, & Monster Ripper This was a violent battle royal that saw lots of weapons used. Early on Kudo and Combat pumped into each other and looked to go at, but instead shook hands. As they did that, Shark came from behind and tossed both. Chigusa and Ripper eliminated each other to bring the match down to Ozaki and Inoue. The two battled and hit each other with chairs, but in the end Ozaki ducked Inoue's charge and picked up the win. Koji Nakagawa, La Parka, & Hanzo Nakajima vs. Damian 666, Yuji Yasaroaka, & W*ING Kanemaru This was built like a lucha libre trios match. La Parka pinned Yasaroaka to gain the victory for his team. Afterwards Kanemaru went to confront him, but Parka laid him out with a chair and danced over his prone body. Ricky Fuji vs. Headhunter A A wild brawl that was tossed out when the other Headhunter and Hisakatsu Oya interfered. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: Terry Funk [4] vs. Mr. Gannosuke [0] Mr. Gannosuke had an aggressive edge here, but Terry Funk is a wile veteran. Both men came close to victory, but Funk hit a moonsault for the win. After the match Funk called out Hayabusa who defeated him earlier in the tournament. Hayabusa tried to limp out to confront Funk, but Super Leather attacked him from behind. Big Boss Man ran out to save Hayabusa and run off Leather. Mr. Gannosuke ignored the whole situation and did not save anyone, just looked disgusted as he stormed to the back. Funk stayed in the ring taunted everyone. FMW Grand Slam Brass Knuckles Championship Round Robin Tournament: The Gladiator [6] vs. Masato Tanaka [8] We've all seen this match and know this match. Picture Heat Wave '98, but with The Gladiator winning with a Super Awesome Bomb through a table. Current Grand Slam Round Robin Standings: 1. Hayabusa [8] 1. Masato Tanaka [8] 1. The Gladiator [8] 4. Sabu [6] 4. Terry Funk [6] 5. Big Boss Man [4] 7. Jinsei Shinzaki [2] 8. Mr. Gannosuke [0]